Friday Feature (2/26)

Although our 2nd trimester comes to an end today, the hard work continues in our classroom. In ELA we are looking for main ideas and supporting details in a variety of non-fiction texts. These texts, whose subject matter ranges from migration to human rights, are...

K-4 update

K-2:  Kindergarten through second grade has been working on jumping and leaping most of February.  The students have done an amazing job with these skills.  The students worked on leaping(jumping off of one foot and landing on the opposite foot) over different...

Social Studies Wax Museum

Next week, both classes will begin work on their part of the Egyptian Wax Museum. Wax Museum is a presentation format that students will be participating in; the topic being an Egyptian God/Goddess/Ruler. In preparation for the Wax Museum, students will be tasked with...

May Camp-Out Information

Our class will be camping at Starved Rock State Park with Ms. Stefans’ class from May 24-27, 2016. I have linked the commitment letter here. Please return, with the $50 deposit, by March 11th.We will be holding an informational meeting for the camp-out on March...

Literature Circles, Round 2

In ELA, we are entering our second week reading about a dystopian society in our Literature Circle books. The assigned reading is due Wednesday this week. Along with completing the reading, students are to add short notes into their Word Study Notebook about the main...